Obscured by Clouds. The rough and ready blog of a cloud benighted biologist and amateur astronomer. Astroblog will cover my interests in astronomy, biology and Life, the Universe and Everything.

Saturday, June 01, 2013

1998 QE2 in Celestia

Orbit of 1998 QE2 simulated in Celestia at closest approach on May 31 20:59 UT (click to embiggen)

1998 QE2 simulated in Celestia at closest approach on May 31, it looks more dramatic in the illustrations to various news stories, but they are all artistic versions that exaggerate the size of Earth. (click to embiggen)

If like I am, you are clouded out of your view of Near Earth Asteroid 285263 1998 QE2 then why not try a Celestia simulation? You could also go to astroweb TV to see the live webcast of the flyby at the Virtual Telescope at 31 May, starting at 20:30 UT (that's 6:30 am AEST).